The room, for us at $140 a night, was the size of a walk-in closet with the narrowest of "twin" beds. Old bedding, dirty chair upholstery, peeling wallpaper, unvacuumed carpeting, it wasn't what we expected from a place charging more than twice than the nice Holiday Inn in Narita where we'd just come from.
Air conditioning didn't remove moisture, never got below 78 damp degrees in our first room. We ***ed and got a cooler room that just happened to be bigger, too. Other than the dirty carpet which we asked three days in a row to be vacuumed, and the air conditioner in the ceiling dripping into the back of the television, the second room was a nice room. The owners are not putting their profits back into the hotel rooms. The lobby, of course, was perfectly cool and dry. Hotels.com gave it a 3-star at the beginning of July. It recently changed that rating to 2 stars, and that was before I complained.
Other posters are right about the nice staff. How can that be helped? After all, you're in Japan. Everyone is polite. And the proximity to Tokyo Tower and the train station was fortunate.
Unique Qualities: A small piece of cake at the hotel is only $5. (Compare that to a $15 cup of coffee priced to keep the tourists away at Four Seasons Hotel in Tokyo.) Shiba Park also has a good location. Our best find: there's an AM/PM on the next corner (similar to 7-11) with the best prepackaged pastry I've ever had...7-11 pastries can't compare. And the AM/PM sweet bean paddies were fantastic. Pastries and paddies for only 100 yen (89 cents?). Beats blowing $10 for a couple of small pieces of cake when you've got jet-lag munchies.
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Theme: Hotel
Comparison: about average
Prices: US$120-180
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Phone: 34334141
Address: 1 5 10 Shiba Koen Minato Ku To Tokyo 0
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on Jul 16, 2006
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